Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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Microsoft has collaborated with NASA to host an education day dedicated to promoting space-related careers to students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft’s federal business and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the inaugural Space Education Day allowed students to explore NASA’s […] More
Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), has secured a contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms. The electric power generation system is being built as part of the AFRL’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program that seeks […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Space Logistics subsidiary will provide an additional mission extension pod to extend the life of an unidentified Intelsat-built commercial communications satellite operating in geosynchronous orbit for at least six years. The MEP jet pack marks Intelsat’s fourth satellite servicing vehicle order with the Northrop business to add life to its GEO satellites, the […] More
CesiumAstro, a developer of active phased array communications payloads for airborne and in-orbit platforms, has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force to install a satellite communications terminal onto a General Atomics-built MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft. The company will use the fund to build a size, weight and power-optimized satcom terminal to demonstrate airborne connectivity […] More
Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager for public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said smaller companies could collaborate with prime contractors to better navigate the Department of Defense’s acquisition process, Defense One reported Friday. Frazier, a six-time Wash100 awardee, added that prime contractors could show smaller companies “how we can get after […] More
Arconic will ramp up the production of high purity aluminum at its facility in Davenport, Iowa, under a $45.5 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Office for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. The funding will be used to design and install a new furnace and implement new control and automation […] More
NASA has recognized a team at Raytheon Technologies with the Group Achievement Award for its help in the development of James Webb Space Telescope’s flight operations subsystem. The ground control software is built by Raytheon’s intelligence and space business to provide command and control of the observatory and support telemetry analysis, observation plan management, ground […] More
Northrop Grumman used its MQ-4C Triton test bed aircraft to demonstrate persistent long-range targeting capabilities for joint, distributed maritime operations during the Northern Edge 2023 military training exercise held in Alaska. The Triton flying test bed executed scenarios during multiple flights wherein it collected, processed and disseminated information to provide situational awareness to various maritime […] More
X-Bow Systems has partnered with the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory to conduct the second test launch of its Bolt Rocket at White Sands Missile Range. The XL-2B mission demonstrated X-Bow’s new family of suborbital and orbital launch vehicles under the Responsive Development Experiment program, which enables LANL to use commercial space flight […] More
MetTel is renovating its New York City headquarters as part of efforts to create full-time job opportunities in software development and professional services. The state government announced Tuesday MetTel is investing $3 million to expand its 55 Water Street headquarters in New York City and make at least 100 new hires while retaining 180 full-time […] More
Space Systems Command has launched three small satellites to low-Earth orbit to conduct space-based research and development experiments for the Department of Defense. The smallsats, developed by Blue Canyon Technologies for the U.S. Space Force, lifted off onboard SpaceX‘s Falcon-9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part […] More
ManTech will provide intelligent systems engineering and automation, analytics and artificial intelligence support to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division under a $133 million recompete contract. The company said Tuesday it will perform ISE modeling and simulation to help NAWCAD assess the design and engineering performance of naval and joint warfighting capabilities. […] More
